Drifting Thoughts

By Nick Maddix 3-01-2004 @ 4:28 A.M.

 

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I float endlessly into the far depths of my mind

The force of this phenomenon leaves only questions without answers

Is this real or merely a flawed fluke of sorts?

Tension stirs up the sands of uncertain skies

 

A fated monstrosity or something of pure innocence

A sanity of one or both, no clues lurk neigh

A simple word cannot even begin to describe the truths

Words are just that are they not? Or are they something more…?

 

It gets me thinking too much

And I know that isn’t always a redeemable pleasure
Even though it’s what I believe in

It’s my heritage, my beliefs, my way of life

 

No one understands this more than me

Although there are times when I don’t fully understand it myself

But that’s okay because I’m not alone in this disarray
There are people that will wait for me to turn to them

 

I confront my feelings every passing day

And while they are always on the move

I know there’s no way to hide from them

Or disband them, for they are a part of me

 

The best part about thinking is that no one can listen in

Although some feel as though they can by a simple glance

And that does have some relevant meaning to me

For it shows they are intertwine with my thoughts

 

In the closing moments however

It’s all up to me on what I feel I must do

And with each decision I make, each thought I process

It will have its benefits and penalties

 

Am I prepared for the outcome of it all? I couldn’t honestly say

But I’ll surely learn from it, that’s how great minds think

My thoughts are constantly a confusion to me

But I learn something new about them every single chance I get

 

I can scream to the world, and no one will be able to answer

I can portray a superhero and no one will ever know

I can fulfill all my fantasies and no one will question it all

The only questions come when veracity sets in

 

It’s true certain things will dent your mind or cause it harm

But you’re always in control of it, at least by the tiniest margin

As your thoughts begin to drift and sway, ask yourself this

How much different would life be if you had strayed down a different path

 

Your thoughts may hold the answers,

But in common sense they most likely clasp even more questions

Even in sleep, our thoughts are poignant

It’s an important part of who I am, and who you are

Running away is futile; the mind is always there,

And thoughts are always drifting endlessly

Until perhaps one day they contain all the answers